Last year Pioneer Valley Habitat received $40,000 of Community Preservation Act Funds for the construction of a home to be built on donated land on Belchertown Road (Map and parcel: 21B-68). These CPA funds will be used to run water/sewer lines to the home, complete the site work, install the foundation, and purchase construction materials. During the permitting process it was discovered that some additional site work was needed in order to make this site buildable. The cost of the additional work will be $20,000. All mortgage payments are used by Habitat to help build more homes. An allocation to Habitat is not a onetime donation – it is a long-term investment that is continuously reinvested in meeting the housing needs of very low income families who then pay property tax to the Town on these homes.